On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 10:06 -0800, David Herron @ Sun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Stealth wrote:
> > Uh... that's not what the license says. > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html I would also note that *most* commercial licenses represent little or no warranty as well. Joshua D. Drake > > ...snip... > > NO WARRANTY > > 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO > WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. > EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR > OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY > KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE > PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME > THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. > > 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN > WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY > AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU > FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR > CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE > PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING > RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A > FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF > SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH > DAMAGES. > > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html > > ...snip... > > 15. Disclaimer of Warranty. > > THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY > APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT > HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS IS” WITHOUT > WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT > LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR > A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND > PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE > DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR > CORRECTION. > 16. Limitation of Liability. > > IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING > WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR > CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, > INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES > ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT > NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR > LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM > TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER > PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. > 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16. > > If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided > above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, > reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates > an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the > Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a > copy of the Program in return for a fee. > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- PostgreSQL Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
